1942 VFL grand final

1942 VFL Grand Final
Essendon Richmond 19.18 (132) 11.13 (79)
1 2 3 4 ESS 2.6 (18) 8.14 (62) 14.16 (100) 19.18 (132) RIC 2.4 (16) 4.4 (28) 5.10 (40) 11.13 (79)
Date	19 September 1942
Stadium	Princes Park
Attendance	49,000
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The 1942 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Princes Park in Melbourne on 19 September 1942. It was the 44th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1942 VFL season. The match, attended by 49,000 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 53 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory and first since 1924.

Teams

Essendon

Richmond

Essendon B: Elton Plummer Cec Ruddell Perc Bushby HB: Bob Flanigan Wally Buttsworth Allan Hird C: Ernie Coward Laurie Dearle Jack Caesar HF: Gordon Abbott Gordon Lane Bill Hutchison F: Tom Reynolds Ted Leehane Murray Exelby Foll: Hugh Torney Jack Cassin Dick Reynolds (c) Res: Sid Silk Coach: Dick Reynolds

Richmond B: Danny Guinane George Smeaton Joe Reilly HB: Jack Scott Jack Sullivan Raymond Steele C: Leo Merrett Bernie Waldron Bert Edwards HF: Brian Randall Jack Symons Bob Hay F: Bob Bawden Jack Titus Fred Burge Foll: Jack Dyer (c) Bill Morris Dick Harris Res: Des Martin Coach: Jack Dyer

• Umpire – Eric Hawkins

Statistics

Goalkickers

Essendon FC, premiers

Essendon: G Lane 6 D Reynolds 4 J Cassin 3 L Dearle 2 M Exelby 2 G Abbott 1 T Reynolds 1

Richmond: D Harris 3 J Dyer 2 J Titus 2 B Hay 1 D Martin 1 L Merrett 1 B Randall 1

References

• AFL Tables: 1942 Grand Final

See also

• 1942 VFL season